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Ec5ry.YUe, Carrie Comfy, Ta.

7 HAVE for years built large variety Of va
.:Gus styics of CARRIAGES ana WAGONS:
they have been in use among oar people. and
have given satisfaction in every instance as far
:,s have been alb {" ascertain. Through this
CSprricncc have learned what vehicles mi; the
pcti lie best. ana what are best adapted t" their
wants. ! manufacture Il handsome wagon
known Gs the
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only o part Of her triumph, for a little while
later she had the satisfaction OF shaking her
finger at Role, and saying: 'Now, sir; what
did l tell youl See what you have gotten by
not minding me'
Rolfe did not eat much at the long Christ
mas dinner that day, and was rather taci-
turn. Miss Edith was, however, brilliant,
vivacious and charming to an unusual de-
gree. The feathers in her powdered hair
were kept in constant flutter, and the facets
of the jewels in her ears, around her neck,
and in her stomacher were turned in every
way to the light. After dinner she managed
to say a few words to Rolfe that made him
cheerful, too.
1t had been q midday meal, and early in
the afternoon the horses were brought out
for the hunt, and the hounds gamboled
about, eager for the sport to begin. II re-
quired tough animals to stand the rough rid
ing and hard hunting of our ancestors. The
horses were rather understood, but there was
good blood in them, and, if often rough
coated, they were swift and enduring The
hounds were rather large, bow-legged, dew
Tapped creatures-not very handsome TO look
at, but keen-scented, well-voiced and tireless
in pursuit. They were a mixture of the Eng
lish foxhound with the Irish staghound, with
an occasional strain of the beagle among
them, for the sake Of the wiry qualities OF
that breed.
Edith was mounted ON handsome Eng
lish hunter that her father had imported for
her. Captain Rolfe," she said, gayly,
pointing at fine half-blooded animal 81
want TO see how backwoodsmen ride" Lord
Creighton, who knew the animals good
qualities, had intended him for himself; but
there was no gainsaying anything done by
this imperious young lady. 1t was not far to
cover; the dogs promptly gave tongue and
We're soon in full cry, and off went the party,
full of the glorious excitement of the fox
hunt. Although mounted on the finest horse
in the field, and usually ambitious of the
lead, Miss Edith Jagged, and Captain Rolfe
also maintained an easy pace. They grad
ually drew away from the rest of the field to-
ward the right until considerable distance
separated them from the rest of the party.
In the excitement of the hunt they might
have perhaps slipped away unobserved, had
not the jealous eye of Lord Creighton roved
around in search of them. Lashing his
horse he closed with Mr.. Craydockes thor
oughbred and shouted: "There lies your
real chase" pointing to Rolfe and Miss
Craydocke. "That fellows clipping with
your daughter"
Craydocke took in the situation at once.
"rll give ten hogsheads of Tobacco to the man
who knocks that fellow from his horse,n he
shouted, and whipping his horse, started in
pursuit, followed by the whole company,
more interested in the running down Of this
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A BURIAL AT SEA.
A Matter-of-fact Account of How the At
fair Was Managed.

1855 -
April 81, in mid-ocean, one of the
steerage passengers of the steamship
Seryia died at five o'clock in the morning.
The fact was whispered to me as came
on deck by one of the sailors, who
had received from me an occasional six
pence for the sea yarns he had spun;
but this was no yarn at all; It was the
dread reality. I asked what they would
do with the body, and he replied that they
were fixing" it now. "Could | see it p
might, but it was against orders. The
body was being sewed up in an old piece
of sail At the feet was placed, / should
say, about 100 pounds of broken iron
crate bars that had been used up in the
furnaces 1t was nine O'Clock, scarcely
four hours after death, that all being
ready, portion of the rail at
the lee bow was taken down, and stout
but rough plank was laid on the deck
projecting out over the sea perhaps four
feet. On this plank was laid the body in
its canvas sack and iron sinker and COW
cred with the Union Jack, which APP
peared in strange contrast to the black
pail one is so used to see. The Storage
passengers had collected around, but not
one in ten of those in the saloon knew
anything about it; for besides myself |
saw but two of my own companions
One of the officers came forward with
prayer-book and read the service for
the burial of the dead at sea. 1t occupied
perhaps three minutes Then at signal,
the sailors, drawing back the Union Jack,
tipped up the end of the plank and saw
all that was left of the poor fellow who
was homeward bound swiftly dash into
the crest of foaming wave, which just
then appeared as fresh and green as the
sod of his native land. Il was done.
The ship kept on her course No enc, enc
seemed to care, no sadness appeared on
any ones face, and then it was that |
first realized what mighty thing mod
erp ocean steamer is; death, a
/ funeral, at one end; at the other gay
crowd bent on the pleasures of this life,
which did not know or seem to care what
vas happening at the other end. 0. G.
Heavy deposits of alum have been found
-
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used to be maintained for the apprehension
of horse thieves and runaway servants,
happened to come down the road into which
Rolfe and Miss Craydocke had gotten. The
pursuers motioned them to intercept the
fugitiyes, and they made movement Of that
sort, when Rolfes voice rang out to them a
tone of command as sharp as the crack Of a
rife There was moment of indecision; it
was enough-the lovers were past. Captain
Rolfe, after crossing the Severn at the ferry,
smashed the boat, so as to prevent the pur-
suers from getting across, and when Mr..
Craydocke saw his daughter she was Mrs.
Role.
The bitterness which Craydocke felt over
the affair was assuaged by time and evettu-
ally he became proud of his son-in-law.
When Rolfe was one of the prominent mem-
bers of the General Assembly, Mrs. Rolfe
queened it in Annapolis society. When the
war broke out and Captain Rolfe, without
waiting for the action ofthe State government,
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FLOATING A MINE.
How a California Sharper Paid the Guar
anteed Dividends ON 1t. rs

How a California Sharper Paid the Guar
anteed Dividends on 1t.
EYES," said clipper, as he looked visit
fully at the exhausted tobacco fronwhich
the last vestige of nicotine had been
squeezed out, "Yes, things is changed.
They're tryin' to sch that old mine in
the East. They can't do it. They hain't
got the genius"
"Geniusp' said another. "There amt
an ounce of metal in the whole lode.n
"Whats that got to do with ii ?"
"Well, | should say it had good deal
to do with It,"
Il had a good deal of money at one
time, pardner, before ~
"Oh, shut up on that. You've told us
that thousand times"
"Well, / fioated O NINE Sold 1t, by
gosh, for $4,000, and it hadn't bit OF
ore anywhere about it,"
"Get out p
81 did; you bet l did, and l made just
$1S, 750-half my share of the profit,
barring some few expenses.
"Howf"
81 guaranteed that as 1t stood it would
pay ten per cent. dividends every month
for twelve months. l guaranteed that.
Seer"
Eyes, I see"
"Weil, / got my $4,000. i put SIP boo
in the bank to pay my dividends for a
year, an kept my word.n
"An' them"
swell, | hadn't guaranteed any more,
had II The mine unfortunately, of
course, petered out then. San Francisco
ChfOnScge
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CHAPTER II.
THE FINISH.

1t was now nearly two years since John
Rolfe had left Sinneput Manor, poor and UNI
placed in the world. Now he could return to
it prosperous and with some repute as leader
of men. After he had settled in the back
woods of Frederick county and had had time
to digest his spleen, he wrote to Mr. Cray
docke asking forgiveness for his presumption
in addressing the language of love to Miss
Craydocke, and expressing the warm graft
tude he really felt toward his kind patron.
Mr.. Craydocke although highly pleased with
the letter, soon mislaid it. His daughter
looked and rummaged through his papers for
it with great zeal, but could not find it. If
he had looked through her papers
he would have found it, with the
marks of tears upon it. The matter
passed by and nothing was said of it until
the planter, suffering more and more from
the embarrassments in which he like many
others of his class, felt through the pernic-
ious credit system that prevailed in the man
ageInent of tobacco plantations, one day
sighed out heartfelt wish that he had Rolfe
by him to unrayel his accounts and see that
the rascal factor had not cheated him. Subtle
Miss Edith was doubtful of the propricty of
sending for him at first, but in the end said !:
''Well, dear father we must overlook his one
offense in consideration of his long good be
havior. hear he hath become man of
some note and consideration in the Western
country, and we may invite him to spend
Christmas with us, out Of regard for his for
mer faithful service, and then you can ask
his counsel"
In those days, when the ConestOga wagon
or the bay -pinnace was the principal pas
senger car, travelling was slow business;
and Rolfe started fortnight before Christ
mas, in order to make certain of arriving at
Sinneput Manor betimes. Arriving at Bal
timore in the night of the second day, he had
TO wait couple of days for pinnace going
up the Patuxent They had bad weather
and untoward winds, and did not reach the
upper waters until few days before Christ
mas. A portion of the cargo was for the
manor, and the wagons sent for it received
his portmanteau, while he rode ahead on
horseback. While riding through the
country, Rolfew was struck with the evidences
of slovenly husbandry and unthrift. Large
tracts of land had been exhausted by constant
tobacco cropping; and the "old fields" as
they were called, grew up in sedge, pine and
sassafras. Rolfe saw that while the thrifty
yeomanry of Western Maryland were grow
ing rich, the planters. who arrogated to them
selves the leading place in society and the
political control Of the province, were be
coming poor
Rolfe's meditations were broken in upon
by the noise of a merry party of riders. As
they approached, the sight Of one of them
made the heart whose action was calm and
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[coEeLupEp.1


Lord Creighton wheeled around and saw
Rolfe leaning nonchalantly against the bar
regarding him with a mocking, insolent
smile.
"Well, my lord said Rolfe ''haye you
come to apologize for your impudent beha-
vior at the manor-house2n
Even if Lord Creighton had been mild
tempered man, he could not have endured
this. The social gulf between a person of
quality and redemptioner was wide and
deep, and for the latter to assume any
haughtiness of mien toward the former was
of itself intolerable insoleDce. Rolfe's every
look and tone that day had been madden
ing insult to Lord Creighton. With swollen
veins, a blood-red face and limbs that shook
with passion, he hurled himself on Role,
who, taken ON his flank and while still in
his lounging attitude, was nearly overthrown.
If Creighton was in a hot rage, Rolfe was in
a cold, malignant one that was more dam
gerous because it did not strike blindly. Mere
fisticuifs was too small a thing for Lord
Creightons magnificent resentment. Draw
ing hunting-knife he cut at one of Rolfe's
ears, but his unsteady hand made q long cash
across Rolfe's temple. That was offense
enough. Crash went the brandy bottle over
my lords head, and there was splatter Of
glass and blood. The jagged remnant that
was left in Rolfe's hand again descended on
my lordship's head and face, cutting long,
deep gashes. There was shout of horror
and tumultuous rush for the eombatants
Impeded too much to use his weapon, Rolfe
relinquished it and clenched his hands on
Creighton's throat, while kicks and blows
rained on him from behind. The English
bulldog showed the mottle of his breed his
grip was not broken until his senses left him,
and when my lordship was lifted up he was
black in the face and senseless.
In those days such cruelties as bull-baiting
and bear-baiting were popular sports, and
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HE ForroT ONE.
but Was Quickly Reminded of 1t by a
Man In the Crowd.

but Was Quickly Reminded of 1t by a
Man In the Crowd.
A stranger who was along the docks
looking for job fell into the river at the
foot of First street the other day, and a
clerk in a warehouse who saw him tum-
BILE was quickly ON hand to fling him
life-preserver and help him out. The
man sat down on barrel, his teeth chat
tering and his body shaking, and the
clerk hurriedly pulled out his wallet and
began looking over a lot of papers.
"What is TT" asked one of the crowd.
"Why, I've got newspaper slip here
giving fourteen different instructions as
to how to act in an emergency. I've for
gotten how to act when the man has been
pulled ashore and is half frozen to
death" 80
"Why, lead him to a saloon and buy
him drink of hot whiskey, of course"
"Certainly-that's it-of course. Come
along, old chap. I'll keep that in mind
after this. Detroit Free Press
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FIDo CALLS ON HECTOR.
A Dog Leaves His Card for Another Ca
nine at the White House.

A Dog Leaves His Card for Another Ca
nine at the White House.
A veracious gentleman who was on the
street in front of the White House this
morning noticed small, well-kept black
and-tan dog coming across the street from
Lafayette Square with card in his
mouth. A short distance behind was
well-dressed lady, who addressed the dog
by the name of Fido, and who was plainly
the owner of the intelligent canine
Fido tried to get between the iron pick
cts of the White House fence, when the
lady called to him:
mot there, Fido; go to the gate and
up the walk"
The dog seemed to understand the
speech and took the route recommended
by his mistress, still carrying the card in
his mouth, The lady followed him into
the grounds and about hale way up the
circular walk. 500 up the steps, Fido,"
she pleasingly said, land leave your
card for Hector" and she stood there
till the dog carried out her instructions
to the letter and returned to her side with
out the card. When Hector, the famous
canine pet of the first lady of the land,
returns from Oak View tomorrow
morning he will find that he has missed
the society of an intelligent visitor
Cincinnati Enquirer.
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FRIcAssEED MAN.
Tempting Dishes of Our Noble Selves Pre-
pared la Cannibal.

Tempting Dishes of Our Noble Selves Pre-
pared n la Cannibal.
Although eannibalism is reported by
missionaries to have died out among the
islands of the South Seas, it is far more
common than generally imagined. In
New Ireland saw big fight between
two villages, and after the battle the
bodies of those who had fallen were
eaten. The bodies, after being scalded
in hot water, are scraped with a bamboo
knife by old women. An old man cuts
up the bodies, taking care to keep the
thighs and shin bones, which are used
for spear heads.
After being wrapped in stout leaves
the dismembered cadavers are placed in
ovens dug in the ground and in four days
are readyf for eating. The natives made
no concealment of their disgusting meal,
and during the feast they held wild dane
ing and orgies The preparation of sage,
cocoanut and human brains is called
saksak, and is in great demand among
the women. The females seemed to be
more brutal and savage than the men
during this cannibal banquet.-,San Fran
cisco Cdroaic7e.
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$50 = ~
IA JFbslsous Chase.
qd,EEaggsBH BY HENRY ). FORD.
s;sslyTft@~B
BY HENRY J. FORD.

The lady's tact smoothed away all embar-
easements. The new post road, her fathers
importation of an English hunter for
her use, the last races at Marlboro, the fire at
the Adair mansion since he had left, and
such like neighborhood gossip, was poured
ont for her guests entertainment. And
meanwhile, her eyes would glance at Rolfe
with an evident pleasure that did not escape
Lord Creighton's notice. Rolfe had greatly
improved in manner and appearance since
the days when he was sort of upper servant
In coming down to mingle in the polite
society of Southern Maryland he had wisely
discarded the loose frock and cape which
formed the universal dress on the
frontier, for fine gentleman's Dress
except that he wore his own hair in-
stead Of wig; and his clothing, al
though fashionably cut, was palmer in
color and ornamentation than customary
Those were times in which gentlemen
wore coats of velvet, waistcoats of satin,
trimmed with gold or silver lace, with
/ long flaps reaching nearly to the knees, knee
! breeches of satin or velvet plush, and silk
stockings tightly stretched over the calves Of
their legs or, ifriding, high boots with large
tops inclosing the knees. Captain Rolfe'S
suit of fine dark blue cloth was elegantly
made, although sparingly embroidered; and
with his cooked hat resting ON his light hair
his athletic figure and fair complexion
were set off to advantage.
Mr.. Craydocke, who had always been fond
of Role, and did not hesitate to show n when
the maintenance of social distinctions was
not at stake, received him cordially, and
haavad n s;ol, IF ralinf xvhnn ha had rtY,bur-
dened himself of his business troubles, and
began to receive the benefit Of Rolfss lnowl-
edge of affairs. Rolfe was not long domiciled
before he learned some interesting bits OF
news. After the fight at the tavern, Lord
Creighton, as soon as he was able to get
about left for Annapolis, making cold aud
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mems feelings were obtuse to pain and suf-
fering in others. The attack upon Rolfe
had been merciless, and his bruised, swollen
and cut face presented horrible spectacle,
while his whole body was sore with the beat
ing he had received. Hehad received several
terrible confused wounds on the scalp; but,
thanks to a tough, hard skull, the brain was
unhurt and his mind was active in its con-
solutions during his confinement to tavern
bed There was some matter for cheerful
ness and content for him in the events of
Christmas Day. Although he had not killed
Lord Creighton, he had marked him for life
AS for Miss Craydocke, he thought of her
with loathing and contempt.
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Straight Goods-Ramrods.


Lawyers and conduit constructors are both
interested in sewers.
Justice may be 'leaden-heeled, but that
quality is very servieeable when she gets
her boot on a criminal.
Now that the boating season is here, a
poem ON 1.-THE First Rows of Summer"
would be appropriate.
Cuba is now fit for annexation to the
United States. One of her prominent citi-
zens has skipped out with 100000.
Umpires are not a strictly modern pro-
duction. Ever since camels were invented
the men who looked at them have been
hump-eyers.
" are told that the author of s"The Girl /
Left Behind Me- is in Africa with Stanley
If he should happen to get killed there, in a
conflict with the natives, the presumption
is that the poor girl would be fatherless.
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Revivinr the Tnrentella.

The tarentella, in which the Princess Met
ternich used to wear the shortest petticoats
that propriety suffered, Is being revived at
balls. Il is a gay Neapolitan mode of paying
homage to Terpsichore. All sorts of pretty
and seductive figures can be brought into It,
such as the "pas de voile,n in which young
girls seem to play read-the-needle, using a
long gauze scarf as thethread. Ishould bar,
however, those who have knitting needle
arms from joining in it. These limbs being
very much in view should be finely formed
and not angular in their notion London
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A NICE KIND OF BUYER.
A Generous Act on the Part of the Wife Of
Senator Hearst.


A gentlewoman in straitened cir
cumstances recently offered for sale,
through sympathetic society woman, a
very handsome old silk gown-it was at
least 100 and perhaps 300 years old--a
heavy, rich and tasteful dress. Its owner
thought it intrinsically worth about $3.50,
but was willing to sell it for 800. The
first person to whose attention her friend
brought the gown was Mrs. Hearst, the
generous wife of the silver senator from
California. When she had heard the
little story and seen the elegant dress
Mrs. Hearst asked the price. zone hun
bred and fifty dollars" was the reply.
ooh, couldn't think of giving that for
it," said Mrs. Hearst. Her hostess was
on the point of saying: 'My friend
would take 800 for It." when Mrs.
Hearst went on: 'If you win take $3.50
for it will gladly buy it--but couldn't
think of giving any less for it"eIt is
useless to say that she got it at her own
generous price Washington Letter to
Philadelphia Record.
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THE B. AND O..

Is still, howeuer, the only line running
Limited Express trains, without extra
charge, from the Great Rivers and
Lakes Of the West oUer the Alleghanies
to the Sea. In fact, it is THE ONLY
LINE in the country running limited
fast trains anywhere upon which the
rae is is ST strictly adhered to Of not NAH
ing an extra money rate for fast time.
On the B. q o. the best that modern
railroad progress can attain is giueB
for the regular fare, and no thought Of
adding fancy figures. IL is the only
line between the East and the West Uia
Washington, and the only line passing
through the National Capital en- route.
It is the only line through the historic
and famously beautiful Valley Of the
Potomac, with Harper's Ferry en- route,
and weH indeed is it named
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Lord Lorne and the Oneen.

The society papers here never weary of
dwelling upon the fact that the MARQUIS of
Lorne is snubbed at court and that he is not
liked by the Queen. He was present with
the royal party during this visit When the
Queen left she treated him with more con-
sideration than any gentleman Of the party.
She turned to him with great kindness and
put out her hand in an affectionate way
to him. He was the only one present who
was not treated with formality when she went
away. He bent as quick as flash and
kissed her hand when she extended it to him.
When the carriage drove away she again
turned and nodded her head to him in the
most emphatically friendly way.--Loadon
Letter in tie Ncsc York World.
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Wouldn't Have the Carpet Saved That Way,

At Washington six sailors from the
Dale were detailed to assist in arranging
the flags loaned by the Navy Department
for the decoration of the Congregational
Church for the Grand Army reunion. On
reaching the church in the morning they
found that one of the officers of the
church had spread one of the flags along
the aisle. "Who put that flag down
there :" angrily asked the leader of the
sailors 'NIr. -,n said bystander,
''to save the carpet" 1T has got to come
up. You may be good Christians here,
but you are poor Americans. Come
aboard the Dale, and you win see every
hat taken off as that emblem comes
down." The flag came up.
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The Gauntlet jokes MUSE Run.

Humorist-Here Is little jag Of funny
stuff for YOU BY the way, l suppose your
proof-reader can be depended on?
Editor Why, my dear sir, your matter will
pass through the hands of three proof-read-
ers. One will read it for grammatical errors,
another for typographical errors and another
for
Humorist (faintly)-I believe won't leave
tins stuff. don't believe it's worth so much
trouble --Fttsburg Dispatch. 8